Chapter 251: Second Round Mission Begins

Lin Yifan stood on the ruins, the night wind brushed his face. In the distance, the surviving survivors were bandaging each other's wounds, speaking softly.

Airiliya had already left, leaving only that warning about the "Red Moon aura" echoing in his mind.

"Captain, what should we do next?" Ruan Qingtan walked over, clutching a roll of bandage.

Lin Yifan gathered his thoughts: "First find a safe place to rest." He glanced at the Father of God, who was furtively looking this way. "Is that guy reliable?"

Hong Shaoqiang snorted coldly: "Just a fence-sitter."

Then he hesitated a moment, adding: "However, during the fight just now, he really did contribute, and he was quite desperate; I don't know if he was just acting or truly turned over a new leaf."

Ruan Qingtan was relatively soft-hearted, and after a moment of hesitation she said:

"No matter what, he really did contribute a lot just now, and though he looks unimpressive, his strength isn't weak; otherwise we should also recruit him into the team."

"Let's talk about this later!" Lin Yifan currently had no mind to think about these things; he turned his head to look at the people resting, feeling a slight headache.

This was the first time they had truly gathered together after leaving Earth Star.

Everyone felt the feeling of meeting an old friend in a foreign land, and Lin Yifan was no exception.

However, this world is extremely dangerous and especially loves to provoke internal conflict; many survivors gathering together would likely make the situation even more chaotic.

Splitting up would actually allow more people to survive!

But now they are all gathered together, and if we forcibly separate them, even Lin Yifan lacks the authority, so he prepares to propose his own departure.

Moreover, the most important thing is that golden resource point!

Earlier they had been in a massive brawl, causing everyone to forget about the golden resource point.

However, Airiliya said it clearly: although this golden resource point is indeed a bait, it doesn't mean there's nothing inside it.

In fact, the golden resource point contains a large amount of supplies, but there are ten thousand or at least eight thousand people on site; even if there were more supplies, they'd probably still not be enough to go around.

For now, no one has proposed dividing the resources, perhaps also because they're worried that Airiliya's Silver Dragon Knight Corps hasn't left yet; but once they confirm the corps won't return after a while, they'll start a new round of fighting over the spoils.

Do you mean they don't want resources?

Of course they want them!

Even Lin Yifan is no exception; he's about to enter the Eternal Night, which will last half a month, requiring a substantial amount of supplies.

And Lin Yifan also knows very well that he is currently the focus of everyone's attention here; if he does nothing, it's fine, but once he acts, he's likely to become the target of public criticism.

This left Lin Yifan feeling somewhat at a loss, but just then he suddenly noticed his body being encircled by a white pillar of light.

Before him, light spontaneously appeared, and words quickly appeared on it.

【Congratulations on successfully completing the First Round of the Resource Contention Battle—Defend the Resource Point】

【You will receive the following rewards: Intermediate Iron Block ×100, Intermediate Wood ×100, Intermediate Stone Block ×100, Mountain Bike Upgrade Card ×1, Weapon Enchant Card ×1】

【First Round Mission Ends, Second Round Mission About to Begin!】

【Attention! Attention! Personal Random Teleport Array About to Start Transfer!】

Lin Yifan hadn't even reacted when the white light before him suddenly became blinding.

He instinctively closed his eyes, feeling his body lighten as if some force were pulling him through space.

"Captain?!" Ruan Qingtan's startled cry came from afar, but soon vanished.

When Lin Yifan opened his eyes again, he found himself standing in an unfamiliar forest.

Towering ancient trees blocked the sky and sun, the air filled with the scent of damp earth.

"Is this… a teleport?" He looked around, confirmed he was alone, and immediately gripped his weapon warily.

And at that moment, a light screen popped up before his eyes:

【Second Round Mission: Hunt Begins!】

【Mission Content: Within the designated area, hunt magic beasts to earn points; the higher the points, the richer the final reward.】

【Current Area: Gloomy Dense Forest】

【Current Points: 0】

【Note: Special magic beasts exist in this area; slaying them grants extra rewards!】

Lin Yifan frowned, it seemed the second round mission was again to scatter everyone, each fighting on their own.

That's fine; it avoids large-scale conflict.

He checked his ring space; originally he worried that so many material rewards would fill it completely.

But unexpectedly, the Survival Realm was quite thoughtful, compressing all the rewards into a single supply pack about 30 centimeters wide and 30 centimeters high.

Only when the gift pack is opened do the reward materials fully appear, so he needn't worry about storage space at all.

However, one item was separate: a golden card.

Lin Yifan took out the card, and its information immediately appeared before his eyes.

【Weapon Enchant Card—Holy Light Power: After using the enchant card, you can enchant your weapon; the enchanted weapon gains Holy Light Power. When attacking with this weapon, as long as you hit an enemy, you deal 5 points of Holy Light damage; if the enemy is of the dark type, the damage is doubled. (Changing weapons can transfer the enchantment)】

"So this is the enchant card?"

Lin Yifan took out the enchant card, flipping it over with a face full of surprise.

Weapon enchantment is something he had never seen in reality, but it's commonplace in games.

But he never expected that one day he would actually see this in reality.

Just how is this 5 points of Holy Light damage calculated?

Lin Yifan was somewhat unsure!

Could it just be subtracting the opponent's HP?

But when he pulled up his personal info, he didn't see the HP value there.

Nevertheless, not understanding it doesn't stop good gear from being equipped!

Anyway, since the enchantment can be transferred when changing weapons later, there's no waste.

Lin Yifan slapped the enchant card onto that bronze great axe; instantly, the originally dark bronze great axe bore a gleam of holy golden light.

A moment later, a golden‑glimmering silver sparrow, and several golden patterns appeared on the Great Axe.

Other than that, there was no change!

Lin Yifan really wanted to test what changes the Great Axe had after the coating.

But now there was no opponent to test it on, so he could only set it aside for the time being.

However, he now looked forward even more to encountering a monster later!

But Lin Yifan still wasn't in a hurry; after being busy for a long time, he was already very hungry.

So he simply found a stone to sit on, pulled out several pieces of roasted meat from his space, and began to satisfy his hunger.

At the same time, he opened the chat channel.

The chat channel at this moment, indeed, blew up again!

【Sour Lemon】:"Whoa, what's going on? Weren't we just gathered together a moment ago? How did they split us up again?"

【Sexy Little Lazy Waist】:"I just made friends with a sister and was about to team up for the next challenge, and this split us up—so infuriating!"

【Watermelon Ice】:"By the way, where did everyone get teleported to? I was sent to an island; since the Second Round mission is to kill a corrupted sea monster, I have no idea what that sea monster actually is."

【Dragon Arrogant Sky】:"Wow! Your luck is amazing—you got teleported to an island, you can just gather some seafood and you won't worry about food or clothing later."

【Chen Conan】:"Sigh, I'm the unlucky one, teleported to a snow mountain. The Second Round mission is to kill a snow monster; I still don't know what it looks like, but one thing's sure—there's no food here!"

【Fang Ruyun】:"So it looks like my luck is better; I'm at a farm, and the mission is to kill a corrupted giant rooster…"

……

Lin Yifan looked at the chat messages and quickly gathered the useful bits of information.

Everyone has teleportation: there's teleportation on the island, on the snow mountain, at the farm, and he himself was teleported to this dim forest; each location's geography is different.

From this we can see that this battlefield world must be huge!

Otherwise, it would be impossible to have so many completely different terrains.

Also, everyone's mission objectives differ, some hard, some easy, but it's unclear how points are calculated.

While pondering and eating meat, Lin Yifan quickly finished his lunch.

He also contacted a few close teammates of Ruan Qingtan, confirmed everyone was safe, and then, without further delay, chose a direction to move forward.

In the dense forest the light was dim, and occasional low roars of monsters echoed. Lin Yifan proceeded cautiously, constantly watching his surroundings.

In fact, he didn't know what a monster looked like; he had no concept of them, his only imagination came from the monster images he'd seen on TV before.

But he didn't dare underestimate a monster; if it's called a monster, it surely isn't an ordinary beast.

Therefore, he remained extremely careful all the way, never letting his guard down.

Suddenly, a rustling came from the bushes on the left.

"Coming?"

Lin Yifan instantly halted, gripped his weapon tightly, and stared fixedly toward the source of the sound.

As the sound grew nearer, a massive wolf‑shaped monster slowly emerged from the thicket.

Its appearance was very similar to the Wild Wolf seen before, but unlike it, this monster was taller—standing a full 1.8 m tall.

Lin Yifan was also only 1.8 m, so the monster was as tall as he was!

The monster also had a pair of scarlet eyes; when Lin Yifan met those eyes, he instantly felt a surge of brutal murderous intent.

The drool on its fangs further proved that this monster regarded Lin Yifan as food, salivating.

【Shadow Wolf: Level‑1 monster, extremely fast, attack methods are bite and claw strike.】

When Lin Yifan saw the Nether Wolf, confidence quickly rose in his mind.

He took a deep breath and immediately assumed a combat stance.

The Shadow Wolf let out a low growl and lunged at him fiercely!

Spattered saliva with a foul stench sprayed straight at Lin Yifan's face.

He didn't dare be careless, instantly sidestepped and swung his blade toward the wolf's belly.

As the saying goes, copper head, iron tail, tofu waist!

A wolf's weak point is its abdomen!

Although Lin Yifan still wasn't sure how different the Shadow Wolf was from an ordinary wolf besides size,

but since they're both wolves, the weak points must be the same!

However, Lin Yifan's strike missed entirely!

The Shadow Wolf's speed was even faster than he expected; the blade merely sliced its fur, causing no serious injury and instead fully enraging the Nether Wolf.

"Awo!"

The Nether Wolf cried out in pain, its eyes filled with even more ferocious murderous intent, and it attacked Lin Yifan like a mad beast.

Its speed kept increasing, even creating after‑images!

"So fast!" Lin Yifan thought, startled, quickly adjusted his stance and activated 【Eternal Freeze Domain】 to restrain the Nether Wolf's speed with ice.

It must be said, 【Eternal Freeze Domain】 truly lives up to being a skill from the Second Talent; even against the Night Temple's hunters, it proves quite effective.

Facing the Nether Wolf now, it had an equally huge effect!

The Nether Wolf, which was almost a phantom, suddenly slowed dramatically, and when it landed and spun around to pounce on Lin Yifan again,

he finally didn't dodge but chose to meet it head‑on!

"Ha!" he shouted, a faint glow flashing on his blade—the effect of the weapon enchantment card he had just obtained.

The blade flashed, and the Shadow Wolf's head fell with a thud.

【Kill Level‑1 monster 【Shadow Wolf】, points +10】

Lin Yifan gasped heavily, looking at the monster's corpse lying on the ground.

Although he won, he realized the monsters here were stronger than he had imagined.

That strike just now was his strongest strike.

After this strike, if the Nether Wolf hasn't died, it will be in peril.

It seems we still need to be very careful later; we can't be so reckless!

Lin Yifan, while replaying the recent battle in his mind, also thought about how to dispose of the Nether Wolf's corpse.

But when he focused his attention on the Nether Wolf's corpse, a prompt suddenly appeared above it.

【Corpse can be decomposed. Decompose it?】

Lin Yifan froze for a moment; it wasn't the first time he had seen this message!

When he used to hunt beasts, occasionally the corpses of some beasts would also display this message.

And after decomposing the corpse, one obtains meat of varying quality and various materials.

Although the amount of material and meat obtained from decomposition is greatly reduced, the quality is considerably more stable, and it also saves time, so whenever he encounters a corpse that can be decomposed, Lin Yifan never hesitates to choose decomposition.

It is no different now!

"Decompose corpse!"

As Lin Yifan made his choice, the massive Nether Wolf corpse instantly began to decompose.

【Obtained Nether Wolf meat ×18】

【Obtained Level‑1 Beast Hide ×6】

【Obtained Level‑1 Beast Bone ×5】

【Obtained Sturdy Beast Fang ×2】

【Obtained Level‑1 Demon Beast Blood 10ml】

Lin Yifan looked at the quantities of these materials, which were roughly as he had expected.

He tossed all the materials into the space, only then turning his attention to the remaining box.

It is a black stone chest, left behind after the Nether Wolf's death.